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I think that both actors really portrayed the feeling of the book, especially the actor who played Shen Wei. He's like Shen Wei in the novel to a T :D
Bai Yu is a good actor. He manage to convey the flirtatious Zhou Yunlan perfectly to me. I feel like I'm seeing Bai Yu whenever I read Zhou Yunlan being shameless lol
And yes, I did finish the whole novel :) It's a very good one. I really really love it. It's rare for me to like a BL novel this much (not after the protagonist) because they usually have this weird dom/sub relationship (though subtle)

There's a hint to it though. But not explicit. So it's left to your imagination :D

I'm used to read very very wild ones, so Guardiannis very tame for me :)

It's not actually that intense. There's no actual act of the love making. It's more mild. I think the most they do is kissing
But the relationship dynamic is really fun and you'll be hooked for sure. Definitely just like the drama (and even better because they could show their romantic side)

I think that The Untamed is more bromance-y, like the two leads have chemistry but it's more friendship and platonic. I feel like they force me to feel that something more happens between the leads, but their acting couldn't convey that (i could undestand as both are still young and maybe not have many experience in acting itself)
Guardian to me is more special, because despite the bad story line, the two main actors truly brought the characters in the novel alive. They could convey love and adoration with just a glance, which is a serious talent in itself. And the way they portray the character is so close to the novel, which is a plus to me

Because the untamed is much easier to adapt to the television series. Guardian is based on supernatural, ghost, and daoism, which is banned as well in China. The story about Gelan and Sang Za actually much darker in the novel. But it couldn't be shown because the daosim is not aligned with the current teaching of the president (or so I heard from my dad)

It's actually explained in the novel. Because the man is from Hanga tribe and had been sleeping like hundreds of years in the pillar of nature, he naturally didn't learn how to speak mandarin (let's just pretend that the language he speak when inside the pillar of nature is not mandarin). So he's learning from the beginning about how to speak mandarin. He could speak Hanga language though, so it's not like he's mute. Just that he's learning the mandarin language

It's not that long actually. Each chapter is around 2-3 minutes read. I'm at the third act now (around chapter 57) and the story is moving nicely. You won't be bored. I don't even realize that I've read that far because it's just so entertaining

If you like the drama, then I suggest you to read the novel too. It's so much fun comparing the drama and novel. And you'll find many similarities between the two

I'm a long-time fan of the original PoT so I enjoyed this drama immensely. And the portrayal of each character in the drama is so on point, just like the original. That's why I become a fan of this version too :)

If you like slice of life drama, I think you would enjoy this one. Just close your eyes on the tennis, as PoT is not what you called "normal" tennis lol

I think it would be 85% females. Since the casts are geared more toward females

It's just like a formula in the older days, where shounen manga is all about friendship and shoujo manga is all about romance. Though nowadays many shonen mangaka are female, so the rate of romance is going up (also the BL or bromance is more blatant)

I see you mention BL. I guess some parts of the drama could be in the grey zone, but there's no full BL

I actually like almost all of this writer's drama (except for a few) and Mr Sunshine is one of the best from this writer I think. With that expectation in my mind, King Eternal Monarch is not as engaging to me as her other dramas. True, episode 4 is picking up the steam. But it's still not enough to convince me that the story is going to work. Maybe that's because I have a high expectation of the drama, and I also love fantasy setting drama, but I guess it just don't make me feel like I have to watch the next episode. It made me feel detached actually

I will still watch the drama until the end but it won't excite me as much. I'll watch them for the sake of completing them

P.S. I agree that the shot is beautiful. It's one of the reason why I keep on watching the drama

Lol It's like a trend in the 1990s (when PoT first released in Japan) for shounen manga to have almost no romance (or if there's any, it would only be hinted). Another best example is One Piece and Naruto (though Naruto later on have a lot of romances at the epilogue). That's why even after the series was renewed to New PoT, there's still no romance)

Though the drama put more emphasis in Lu Xia's feelings toward Qing Yi. So you could enjoy the moments where he truly and genuinely care for her. It's quite fun to see those little tidbits to me XD

Because the original manga itself didn't have any romance, though it's just hinted about the relationship of Lu Xia (Ryoma) and Qi Ying (Sakuno). But even if there's no romance, the friendship, the brotherhood, and also their determination when playing tennis is worth watching more than anything. Try it

Usually it's the actress or the actors themselves who dub their voice. Sometimes it could be because of the wrong pronounciation or using a strong accent that could be interpreted wrongly in another province or area. They also dub it to make it a standard spoken chinese. But this drama didn't really dub the voices unless it's very necessary (like the person before me explain, during the English conversation)

Honestly I watch it for Leon Zhang more than anything. But until the end the case is quite fun. The cases are simple and easy to figure out. And the two male leads have more chemistry anyway, so if you like bromance, then I'm sure you'll enjoy the show too. I sometimes forget the girl as she sometimes don't even appear in the story (she's like the background)

She did! And that's why the revenge is sweet :)

I remember pumping my fist when she become this badass woman who look down on her ex-husband and his cheating partner. I was so invested back then when I watch them haha

It's a daily drama from around 2007 I think? Well, it's definitely bad in the beginning because of all the abuse the girl receive. But the revenge is totally satisfying. This daily drama is still one of the most memorable one in the heart of drama lovers, especially in South Korea

It's all happy ending, so no worries :)
99% of daily dramas and weekenders are all happy ending

I hope you enjoy the the drama I suggested! If you need more, just tell me :)

So sorry I didn't see you mentioning rich guy poor girl O.o
But most of the daily dramas are like that. It's mostly rich guy poor girl, evil second leads, and the classic kdrama romance trope. I think you'll like most of them :)

I also apologize if I also sound harsh. But as a fan of the original japanese manga, to me the BOF korean version didn't match well with the original spirit. And to say that it carries all the BOF series after that is just weird, as we have Hana Yori Dango after that (2005) and also the sequel not long after

I did watch more Korean dramas, as I've been watching since the Glass Shoes back in what? 2001? 2002? I forget. Then I also watch Winter Sonata real time at that time

I do like She Was Pretty, and I do like a lot of rom com. I watch daily dramas, weekenders, and like some of them. That doesn't mean I hate rom coms or only like thriller, but Korean's rom coms generally just have 1 plot: poor hardworking girl, rich boy, hateful parents, love triangle/square/pentagon (and so on), etc. It might not be my cup of tea, but I do enjoy some of them